Building structure



E. A, HAUPT 1,941,436

BUILDING STRUCTURE Filed Aug. 24, 1931 INVENTOR BY ATTOR'NEY Patented Dec. 26, 1933 UNITED i STATES Lans PATENT Y BUILDING STRUCTURE Edward A. Haupt, Pittsburgh, Pa. l Application August 24, 1931. Serial No. 553,867 *5' Claims. (Cl. l2- 18) My invention relates to building structures and particularly :to building blocks for wall structures which emulate a plurality of standard bricks.

One object of my invention is to provide a relatively large brick or block preferably made of the usual brick clay and processed in the usual manner, that emulates a plurality of standard bricks for facilitating the building of the wall by obviating the handling and laying of a relatively large number of individual bricks.

' Another object of my invention is to provide a buildingY block having the above noted characteristics wherein the blocks are interchangeable and may be laid in cooperating relation to form either a straight wall or a right-angle corner wall.

A further object of my invention is to provide a building block wherein the end brick of alternate tiers are disposed in spaced superimposed relation and are provided with spacing material so disposed that` the application of mortar. between the adjacent blocks `cannot interfere with the accurate spacing of the adjacent vcooperating blocks. A

A further object of my invention is to provide a building block of the above noted'character wherein spacing material 'i'sr provided-on the upper surfaces ofthe upper tier of bricks for supporting the super imposed blocks in spaced relation thereupon and wherein notches are provided in the said'surface between the spacing material for receiving tiers for fastening the blocks to a wall structure. i

These and other objects .that will be made apparent throughout the further description of my invention are attained by meansiof the building block or brick hereinafter described and illustrated in the accompanying drawing, whereinl Figure l is a perspective vview of an improved building block embodying features of my invention. v

f Fig.y 2 is a top plan view of the block illustrated in Fig. 1, shown in assembled relation to a wall structure.V

Fig. r3 is a transverse section through a building block taken on the line III-111 of Fig. 2, and

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of two improved building blocks assembled to form a right-angle wall section.

Referring to the drawing, my improved building block orbrick comprises `a block of material 5, the thickness of which is equal to the width of a standard baked clay brickl and which is provided with longitudinal grooves 6 and staggered transverse grooves 7 which serve to define four tiers of standard bricks arranged in the usual staggered, over-lapped relation, the grooves being of sufcient depth to receive and securely retain mortar 8 for the purpose of giving the block the appearance of a plurality of brick laid with the usual mortar binder.

The end bricks 9-11 and 12--13 project beyond the end bricks 14-15 and 16-17 respectively of alternate tiers of bricks and are superimposed in aligned spaced relation to provide spaces 18--19 and 21-22 for receiving respectively the bricks 12-13 and 9-11'of adjacent blocks. Y

By reason of the arrangement of the projecting end bricks in superimposed aligned relation, the

end bricks of similar blocks may be interlaced to constitute either a straight wall section or a richt-angle corner section as shown in Fig. 4, Without requiring special bricks for kcorner structures.

In order to facilitate assembly of the blocks, the end bricks are provided with integral spacing material or angles l23 disposed on the underside of the projecting bricks and on the ends of the adjacent brick of the adjacent tier, the spacing material thus constituting an angular projection disposed in the upper inner corner of the spaces 18,19 and 2l. This location is the most desirable for the following reasons:

In assembling two adjacent blocks, whether y for a straight wall section or a corner section,

mortar is placed on the upper surface of bricks 11 and 21 and 22, and the adjacent block is moved into position by a sliding motion. The mortar presses the bricks'12 vand 13 upwardly against the upper portion of the spacing angle 23, thus giving the brick proper elevation. The portion of the spacing angle 23 on the end bricks 14, 15 and 17 properly position the adjacent bricks in a lateral direction. v

Placing the spacing angle 23 at the lower inner corner of the space between the projecting brick would give diiiiculty because the mortar would be crowded upon the surfaces of the spacing angle and thus would prevent the proper assembly of the adjacent brick because of the interposed mortar. For this reason the spacing angles are located as shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

To maintain the proper space between'a block and the block superimposed thereon, I provide integral spacers 24 on the upper surfaces of each upper tier of bricks adjacent the vertical grooves. Mortar is placed between the spacers 24 on the block and the spacers support the superimposed block.V Ifv thevvspacers 24 were disposed on the under surface of the blocks, mortar on the upper surface would interfere with the proper positioning of the superimposed block.

The upper surfaces of the block are provided with notches 25 for receiving the bent ends of the wall-ties 26 which are secured to the sheathing 27 of the wall structure 28 and which serve to fasten the blocks to the wall structure. The notches 25 are disposed between. the spacers 24 and consequently the wall-tiers lie in the spaces between the spacers 26 and are embedded in the mortar before a block is placed in position.

After the blocks are assembled, the grooves 6 and 7 are partially iilled with mortar to emulate a wall made of individual brick, and the wall has the appearance of the usual brick wall.

By reason of my improved building brick, the number of units constituting the wall structure, the cost of laying a wall and the time required are materially reduced. The cost of manufacture of my improved brick block is less than that o1 the number of brick emulated in the block structure because of the reduction of the number of separate units that must be handled in the manufacturing process to produce an equivalent wall area.

While I have shown a block made to emulate four tiers of brick having three bricks in each tier, or twelve bricks in all, it is obvious that the number of tiers or the number of bricks in each tier may be varied without departing from the spirit of my invention, and-that a block having but two tiers of brick emulated thereon may readily be assembled to constitute either a straight wall section or a right-angle wall section.

I claim as my invention:

1. The combination with a building block oi material formed to emulate a plurality of standard building bricks that are dened by longitudinal and staggered transverse grooves in the front faces of the block for receiving mortar, the defined bricks being arranged in at least two tiers with the bricks of each tier disposed in staggered relation to those of the adjacent tier, the dened end vbricks of one tier projecting beyond the end brick of the adjacent tier to provide spaces for receiving the projecting end bricks of a similar adjacent block, of a second block identical to the rst block adapted to cooperate when the second block is aligned therewith in the saine plane and the projecting bricks of the second block are tted within said spaces of the rst block to form a straight wall section, or when the second block is disposed normal to the iirst block and when the projecting bricks of the second block are ntted within said spaces of the iirst block to form substantially a right angle corner section, the under face only of the projecting brick and the end face of the adjacent brick being provided with spacing material substantially the thickness of the said grooves, for maintaining a predetermined spaced relation between bricks of adjacent blocks for providing mortar receiving spaces therebetween.

2. The combination with a building block oi' material formed to emulate a plurality of standard building bricks that are dened by longitudinal and staggered transverse grooves in the front faces of the block for receiving mortar, the defined bricks being arranged in at least two tiers with the bricks of each tier disposed in staggered relation to those of the adjacent tier, the defined end bricks of one tier projecting beyond the end brick of the adjacent tier to provide spaces for receiving the projecting end bricks of a similar adjacent block, of a second block identical to the first block adapted to cooperate when the second block is aligned therewith in the same plane and the projecting bricks of the second block are fitted within said spaces of the rst block to form a straight wall section, or when the second block is disposed normal to the iirst block and when the projecting bricks of the second block are tted within said spaces of the first block to form substantially a right angle corner section, the upper face of the upper tier of bricks being provided with spacing material adjacent the transverse grooves and of substantially the thickness of a longitudinal groove for supporting a similar superimposed block in spaced relation thereupon to provide a mortar receiving space therebetween.

3. The combination with a building block of material formed to emulate a plurality of standard building bricks that are deiined by longitudinal and staggered'transverse grooves in the front face of the block for receiving mortar, the deiined bricks being arranged in four tiers with the bricks of each tier disposed in staggered relation with respect to those of the adjacent tier, the dened end bricks of two alternate tiers projecting beyond the end bricks of the remaining tiers in superimposed spaced relation to provide spaces ior receiving the projecting end bricks of an adjacent block, of a second block identical to the first block adapted to cooperate when the second block is aligned therewith in the same plane and the projecting bricks of thev second block are fitted within said spaces of the first block, to form a straight wall section, or when the second block is disposednormal to the iirst block and when the projecting bricks of the second block are fitted within said spaces of the iirst block to form substantially a right angle corner section.

4.' The combination with a building block of material formed to emulate a plurality of standard building bricks that are defined by longitudinal and staggered transverse grooves in the front faces of the block for receiving mortar, the dened bricks being arranged in at least two tiers with the bricks of each tier disposed in staggered relation to those of the adjacent tier, the dened end bricks of one tier projecting beyond the end brick of the adjacent tier to provide spaces for receiving the projecting end bricks of a similar adjacent block, of a second block identical to the first block adapted to cooperate when the second block is aligned therewith in the same plane andthe projecting bricks of the second block are tted within said spaces of the first block to form a straight wall section, or when the second block is disposed normal to the first block and when the projecting bricks ofthe second block are tted. within said spaces of the first block to form substantially a right angle corner section, the under face of the `projecting brick and the end face of the adjacent brick being provided with spacing material substantially the thickness of the said grooves, the said spacing material being disposed adjacent the upper corners of the said spaces for maintaining a predetermined spaced relation between bricks of adjacent blocks for providing mortar receiving spaces therebetween.

5. The combination with a building block ,of material formed to emulate a plurality of standard building bricks that are deiined by longitudinal and staggered transverse grooves in the front faces of the block for receiving mortar, the defined bricks being arranged in at least two tiers with the bricks of each tier disposed in staggered relation to those of the adjacent tier, the defined end bricks of one tier projecting beyond the end brick of the adjacent tier to provide spaces for receiving the projecting end bricks of a similar adjacent block, of a second block identical to the iirst block adapted to cooperate when the second block is aligned therewith in the same plane and the projecting bricks of the second block are tted within said spaces of the rst block to form a straight wall section, or when the second block is disposed normal to the rst block and when the projecting bricks of the EDWARD A. HAUPT. 

